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CHAMPIONSHIP SKIPPERS

2009 Imoca World Championship
1.   Marc Guillemot 362pts
2.   Michel Desjoyeaux 357pts
3.   Armel Le Cleach 338pts
4.   Samantha Davies 321pts
5.   Vincent Riou 304pts
6.   Dee Caffari 295pts
7.   Arnaud Boissières 292pts
8.   Brian Thompson 281pts
9.   Steve White 250pts
10.   Richard Wilson 220pts
11.   Raphaël Dinelli 210pts
12.   Norbert Sedlacek 200pts
13.   Kito De Pavant 59pts
14.   Loïck Peyron 52pts
15.   Yann Eliès 44pts
16.   Roland Jourdain 39pts
17.   Mike Golding 36pts
18.   Jérémie Beyou 33pts
19.   Yannick Bestaven 32pts
20.   Alex Pella 30pts
21.   Pachi Rivero 18pts
22.   Guillermo Altadill 16pts
23.   Jean-Pierre Dick 8pts
24.   Marc Thiercelin 4pts
25.   Unai Basurko 0pts
26.   Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty 0pts
27.   Derek Hatfield 0pts
28.   Sébastien Josse 0pts
29.   Jean Le Cam 0pts
30.   Jonathan Malbon 0pts
31.   Bernard Stamm 0pts
32.   Alex Thomson 0pts
33.   Dominique Wavre 0pts
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The IMOCA Class Association

The Most Successful Ocean Racing Class

IMOCA stands for International Monohull Open Class Association. It is the governing body responsible for the technical rules and regulations of IMOCA Open 60 (ft) yachts that take part in well-known races such as the Vendée Globe, the Route du Rhum, the Transat Jacques Vabre and The Artemis Transat to name a few.  IMOCA was established in 1991 and has been recognised as an International ISAF Class since 1998 – safety remains the main priority of the Class.

IMOCA not only manages the evolution of the technical rules but also defines the boats’ IMOCA International Ocean Racing World Championship with point-scoring races. It is because of its wide-spread calendar with races taking place from France, the UK, Spain and the US, that attracts skippers from all around the world. 

IMOCA News

A SIZEABLE IMOCA FLEET FOR THE END OF 2010

A SIZEABLE IMOCA FLEET FOR THE END OF 2010

2/9/2010

The Imoca skippers are due to meet up again in St Malo on 31st October for the Route du Rhum-la Banque Postale and in Barcelona on 31st December for the Barcelona World Race. 9 boats are set to compete in the Rhum and at least ten for the Barcelona.

British skipper Mike Golding lifts the Artemis Challenge Trophy

British skipper Mike Golding lifts the Artemis Challenge Trophy

4/8/2010

Competing in a high adrenaline 50 mile sprint round the Isle of Wight, British skipper Mike Golding aboard Mike Golding Racing took line honours in a light wind race, winning the £10,000 charity prize fund donated by Artemis Investment Management, for his chosen charity, the RNLI.

IMOCA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

IMOCA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

29/3/2010

The IMOCA class held its Annual General Meeting on 25th March 2010 at the FFVoile (French Sailing Federation). It was an opportunity to review the past year and draw up the main outline for the future. 2009 was punctuated by two large bodies of work: the formalisation of the class measurement rules and the creation of a new race around Europe, the Istanbul Europa Race.

Race News

Istanbul Europa Race - Small Beginnings

In November 2007, IMOCA announced its intention to create a crewed race around Europe for its skippers, the organisers and all sponsors, a race that would follow the epic 2008-2009 Vendee Globe.